Warehouse
Move physical goods: receiving, putaway, picking, shipping, carriers, transfers, and cycle counts.
The warehouse handles the physical handling of goods: getting material in the door and onto a shelf, and getting finished orders out the door to a customer. Every action here posts a transaction to Inventory so the count stays accurate.
It covers:
- Receiving takes in material against a purchase order and checks it in.
- Putaway moves received stock from the dock to its storage location.
- Fulfillment is the pick queue: turning released orders into picked, packed shipments.
- Shipments are the outbound packages, with their tracking and status.
- Carriers are the shipping services you use and their account configuration.
- Transfers move stock between locations or sites.
- Counts are cycle counts that reconcile recorded stock against what is physically on the shelf.
Inbound and outbound
The warehouse runs two parallel tracks, inbound and outbound:
- Inbound starts from a purchasing PO and ends with stock available in inventory.
- Outbound starts from a released sales order and ends with a shipment the customer can track.
- Transfers and counts keep stock in the right place and the numbers true between those flows.
The Overview dashboard surfaces the pick queue, inbound work, recent movements, and exceptions that need attention.
The how-tos
Inbound:
- Receive a purchase order at the dock. See Receive a purchase order.
- Put away stock into its bin. See Put away stock.
Outbound:
- Pick and ship an order to the customer. See Pick and ship an order.
- Manage carriers you ship with. See Manage carriers.
Internal:
- Transfer stock between locations. See Transfer stock.
- Run a cycle count to reconcile. See Run a cycle count.
For what each state means, see Shipment statuses and Transfer, count, and task statuses.
Terminals
Floor staff often work the warehouse from a dedicated kiosk rather than the full app. See Terminals.
Where to go next
- New to the flow? Start with the receiving-to-shipping overview.
- See what creates inbound and outbound work in Purchasing and Sales.
- See how every move keeps the count honest in Inventory.